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Patented Nov. 22, 1881.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 249,916, dated November 22, 1881.

Application filed October 4, 1881. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL B. FELTER, of Newark, in the county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Shoes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to simplify the construction of single-sole or turn shoes provided with a spring.

The invention consists in a single-sole or turn shoe made by sewing the upper to the front part of the sole and to the spring, and

then turning the upper and nailing the rear part of the sole to the spring, as will be more fully described hereinafter.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this'specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the channeled sole and spring on the last before the upper is sewed on. Fig.2 is longitudinal elevation of my improved shoe, the rear part being shown in section.

Heretofore single-sole or turn spring-heel shoes have been made by sewing the upper to the sole from the middle of the foot around the frontof the same, upon which the last was withdrawn, the upper turned, the insole placed on the last, the shoe relasted, the upper sewed to the insole, and the spring placed between the in and out soles, and the spring and outsole sewed to upper by an outer stitch. This produced avery strong shoe, but as it required many operations and much time, the shoe was very expensive. This kind of shoes have also been made by sewing the lower edge of the upper with a loop-stitch, and then stitching through these loops and through the spring and sole. This shoe is much simpler than the one described above, but is not durable. Imake a shoe that is s mple, can be made rapidly, and is very durable.

The sole A is tacked on the lastB, with the outer or treading surface of the same resting against the sole of the last. Then a spring, 0, is tacked on the rear or heel part of this sole, and the front part of the sole-that is, that part extendingforward from the spring O-an d the spring 0 itself are provided with a channel, D, parallel with the outer edges of the sole and spring, as is shown in Fig. 1. The upper E is inverted--that is, turned inside out and is then drawn over the last B, and is sewed to the sole A and spring G by sewing through the upper and through the strip of leather raised from the surface of the sole and spring by forming the channel. withdrawn, and the upper is turned so that the lining will be on the inside again. The shoe is now in the following condition: The upper is sewed to the sole A from the front of the same to about the middle of the same-that is to say, to that point to which the inner end of the spring 0 extends. From this point to the rear of the shoe the upper is secured to the spring 0, and that part of the sole below the spring is not secured to the upper nor to the spring. Shoe-nails F are then driven through the sole A into the spring 0, for the purpose of uniting the sole and the spring. The spring is thus attached to the upper by sewing, and the sole is nailed to the spring, as shown in Fig. 2. The sewing is all done in one operation in my improved shoe, whereas it must be done in two or three operations in the shoes of this or a similar kind made heretofore. At the same time a very durable shoe is obtained and there is a great saving of time in manufacturing the shoe.

Childrens and misses and ladies single-sole or turn shoes and slippers of all kinds are especially adapted to be made in the manner described.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent The method substantially as herein shown and described of making single-sole or turn shoes, consisting in sewing the upper to the front part of the sole andto the spring when the upper is upon the last, turned inside out, and then turning the shoe and nailing the rear part of the sole to the spring, as set forth.

DANIEL B. FELTEB.

Witnesses:

OSCAR I GUNz, G. SEDGWICK.

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